A Quirk Indeed

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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Indian Black Narrowmouth Frog aka "Space Frog" (Melanobatrachus indicus), family Microhylidae, Munnar, Kerala, India

photograph by Hadlee Renjith 

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Look, I think it is important that as many people as possible see these phenomenal photos of Melanobatrachus indicus, because they are damn rare, but truly spectacular.

If anyone wants to know my favourite frog, this is probably in the top five.

what a lovely guy
kreetn
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SAG officially considers cosplays of current/past media as crossing the picket line as it can be seen as supporting the studios they're currently striking against.

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(link is to a series of tweets, which include the original poster of the screenshot directly asking SAG-AFTRA what the rules are for cosplayers who want to support the strike)

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Y'all sorry for not clearing it up in the original post (frankly I thought more people would read the link) but this applies to influencers, professional cosplayers, content creators, and the like. Basically, people who make money off cosplays or otherwise promoting the

There is an official FAQ on the SAG-AFTRA site that details it better than the email (which came out probably right after the email did, hence why I missed it. I'd have just posted that link if I'd seen it).

Please be aware that although this strike might be of great inconvenience to you, that's the point. This isn't convenient for anyone. This isn't easy for anyone. That's the point. Between WGA and SAG-AFTRA, thousands and thousands of people are not working, and it's going to keep being like that until AMPTP wakes up and pays these people their fair share. Rather than complain, find ways to support the strikers (the link's final question offers ways influencers can support the strike, although frankly some of their suggestions aren't limited to just influencers).

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Movie adaptation cartesian plane where x axis is "good/enjoyable film" to "dogshit" and y axis is "faithful to the source material" to "an entirely different story"

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the described cartesian plane. in the faithful/good film quadrant is The Martian. in the different story/good film quadrant is Howl's Moving Castle. in the dogshit/different story quadrant is City of Bones. in the faithful/dogshit quadrant is twilight.ALT

am I making sense

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Some additions from the notes

the same graph as above but with new points on the plane. in the upper most corner of faithful/good film quadrant is Holes. off of the plane in the different story/good film quadrant is how to train your dragon. and in the different story/dogshit quadrant is Percy Jackson.ALT

To everyone who has reminded me that the Percy Jackson movies exist, I hate you, thanks.

i love that the 3 movies that sprang to mind were the 3 added httyd is SUCH a different story but the movies are fantastic i will die pettily mad about it
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Again: Piracy (ie. ROMs) is preservation. Piracy is archives. Piracy is art-affirming in a world which devalues and abandons art.https://t.co/4H2SbzpSaM  — Srsly Wrong Podcast (@SrslyWrong) July 14, 2023ALT
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I'm just gonna slide this on in here for anyone that is interested in preserving old games. They take it very seriously too, they want an archive of every single game. Like, they have lists of every game ever released for a system, and once that system gets old enough, they add it to their archive and start collecting. Their latest addition was the Xbox 360, they opened that vault up in September 2022, and proudly announced they'd finished their collection of games for it back in April.

Also, while their game archives are almost entirely complete, they've got another project of archiving the manuals that came with those games, and that is... considerably less well filled out. Their collection of Xbox 360 manuals is especially rough, they've only gotten manuals for three games. So if you've got some Xbox 360 games kicking around, and the manual's still with them, please consider scanning them and submitting them to the site!

Game preservation is important, but people rarely consider preserving the manuals as well; I really respect Vimm's Lair for being so thorough in their archival work.

Source: twitter.com
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